Clipper

Definitions

1. Anything or anyone that clips.
2. A surname from German.
   countable, uncountable
3. A tool used for clipping something, such as hair, coins, or fingernails.
   in-plural
4. An unincorporated community in Whatcom County, Washington, United States.
   countable, uncountable
5. Something that moves swiftly; especially:
6. Any of several forms of very fast sailing ships having a long, low hull and a sharply raked stem.
7. An Alberta clipper.
   informal
8. An Asian butterfly of species Parthenos sylvia, family Nymphalidae.
9. A circuit which prevents the amplitude of a wave from exceeding a set value.
10. A person who mutilates coins by fraudulently paring the edges.
    historical
11. A confidence trickster; a conman.
    slang
12. Anything showy or first-rate.
    obsolete, slang

Equivalents

13 more languages

العربيةالمقص

Danskklipper

Suomiklipperileikkuri

日本語クリッパー

한국어클리퍼

Македонскиклипер

Nederlandsklipper

Polskikliper

Portuguêsclíper

Românăcliper

Русскийклиперкусачки

Svenskaklippare

Українськамашинка

Examples

“Yes, perhaps I’d better begin⟳ there, at the moment when I […] asked a question⟳ carelessly enough of one of the locals, who was clipping a hedge in a desultory fashion nearby. […] When I passed my hedge clipper again, he said, […]”

“And those were the days of clippers, and the freights were clipper-freights,”

“Indeed, the French may lay⟳ twenty French crowns to one, they will beat⟳ us; for they bear⟳ them on their shoulders: but it is no English treason to cut⟳ French crowns, and to-morrow the king himself will be a clipper.”

“Many a wretch who has been drawn upon a hurdle, has done less mischief than those barterers of forged lies, coiners of scandal, and clippers of reputation.”

“Surtouts billowing in an unseasonably fierce wind, the ursine Chelmsford magistrate and his equally bulky constable herded their bound prisoners – three murderers, three thieves, a coin clipper, two convicted witches – across the Common […]”

“"You have⟳ head enough for both of us, Beck," said he. "You're sure to get⟳ us out of the scrape. I never saw⟳ your equal, and I've met with some clippers in my time too."”

“Well, he was courtin' Sister Sall. She was a real handsum looking gal; […] a real clipper, and as full of fun and frolic as a kitten.”

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